GID Rejected As Diagnosis
By Associated Press
Contributed by Phyllis Frye
Denver
December 11, 1998
The American Psychiatric Assn. board voted
unanimously Friday to reject Gender Identity Disorder as a diagnosis
saying that the diagnosis itself is harmful because it implies people
have a disease and that in and of itself can cause depression, anxiety
and self destructive behavior.
"All the evidence would indicate this is the way people are born.
We treat disease, not the way people are." said Dr. Nada Stotland,
head of the of the Assn.'s joint committee on public affairs.
Transsexual activiststs applauded the decission. Many were quoted
as saying "We knew all along we were just born this way."
(Ed. Note: More information on this decision will be forthcoming...)
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